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report a resolution fixing the terms of service of the Presi- 

 dent and other officers of the Board, and also to define their 

 duties. 



Which was adopted. 



On motion of Mr. Singer, it was 



Resolved, That the Board, in their report to the Legisla- 

 ture, urge upon their attention the necessity for more strin- 

 gent enactments for the protection of orchards, vineyards 

 and other crops liable to molestation by trespassers. 



Mr. Steele offered the following resolution ; 



Resolved, That the committee to recommend amendments 

 to the law of last winter, inquire into the expediency of so 

 altering the law, as to give each county regularly organized 

 into a society for the promotion of agriculture, fifty dollars 

 from the treasury, instead of the present law; and that the 

 money raised from shows, exhibitions, &;c., be paid into the 

 State Treasury, to be distributed among the organized agri- 

 cultural societies. 



Which was adopted ; and. 

 On motion, 



The Board adjourned to meet at ten o'clock to-morrow 

 morning. 



FRIDAY, January, 9, 1852. 



The Board met pursuant to adjournment. 



The President laid before the Board a report from Tippe- 

 canoe county, and a letter from H. L. Ellsworth, of Lafayette. 



The President of the Board then announced the following 

 committees: 



